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Permission denied (13) with version 1.0.4

Asked by CaCO3

I was using version 0.9.26 with Kubuntu 10.10 without problems.
Then I upgraded BiT to version 1.0.4 and now all backups fail:
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[E] Error: rsync: symlink "/media/ds_Backups/Back in Time/backintime/L2/root/1/new_snapshot/backup/etc/blkid.tab" -> "/dev/.blkid.tab" failed: Permission denied (13)
[E] Error: rsync: symlink "/media/ds_Backups/Back in Time/backintime/L2/root/1/new_snapshot/backup/etc/motd" -> "/var/run/motd" failed: Permission denied (13)
[E] Error: rsync: symlink "/media/ds_Backups/Back in Time/backintime/L2/root/1/new_snapshot/backup/etc/printcap" -> "/var/run/cups/printcap" failed: Permission denied (13)
[E] Error: rsync: symlink "/media/ds_Backups/Back in Time/backintime/L2/root/1/new_snapshot/backup/etc/X11/X" -> "/usr/bin/Xorg" failed: Permission denied (13)
[E] Error: rsync: symlink "/media/ds_Backups/Back in Time/backintime/L2/root/1/new_snapshot/backup/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/all_ALL" -> "/etc/alternatives/xinput-all_ALL" failed: Permission denied (13)
[E] Error: rsync: symlink "/media/ds_Backups/Back in Time/backintime/L2/root/1/new_snapshot/backup/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/ja_JP" -> "/etc/alternatives/xinput-ja_JP" failed: Permission denied (13)
[E] Error: rsync: symlink "/media/ds_Backups/Back in Time/backintime/L2/root/1/new_snapshot/backup/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/ko_KR" -> "/etc/alternatives/xinput-ko_KR" failed: Permission denied (13)
[E] Error: rsync: symlink "/media/ds_Backups/Back in Time/backintime/L2/root/1/new_snapshot/backup/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/lo_TH" -> "/etc/alternatives/xinput-lo_TH" failed: Permission denied (13)
[E] Error: rsync: symlink "/media/ds_Backups/Back in Time/backintime/L2/root/1/new_snapshot/backup/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/th_TH" -> "/etc/alternatives/xinput-th_TH" failed: Permission denied (13)
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Why does this happen?
At least some of the files I can successful read as a user.
I also tried it as root, but get same errors.
I backup:
/boot
/etc
/home

Also I removed the config file and started with another backup folder, but get same error.

When I change back to the old version (0.9.26), it works fine again. (I had to move back the backup to the old folder structure)

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Dan (danleweb) said : 		#1

Starting from 1.0 BIT check for rsync errors. Older versions didn't checked
so everything looks ok even if it is not. You have 2 options :
1. Check "Continue on errors" in Settings dialog - this will behave like in
version 0.9.26
2. Find files/folders that give errors and try to fix the problems or
exclude them.

Regards,
Dan

Le 2 déc. 2010 22:52, "CaCO3" <email address hidden> a
écrit :

New question #136386 on Back In Time:
https://answers.launchpad.net/backintime/+question/136386

I was using version 0.9.x with Kubuntu 10.10 without problems.
Then I upgraded BiT to version 1.0.4 and now all backups fail:
-------
[E] Error: rsync: symlink "/media/ds_Backups/Back in
Time/backintime/L2/root/1/new_snapshot/backup/etc/blkid.tab" ->
"/dev/.blkid.tab" failed: Permission denied (13)
[E] Error: rsync: symlink "/media/ds_Backups/Back in
Time/backintime/L2/root/1/new_snapshot/backup/etc/motd" -> "/var/run/motd"
failed: Permission denied (13)
[E] Error: rsync: symlink "/media/ds_Backups/Back in
Time/backintime/L2/root/1/new_snapshot/backup/etc/printcap" ->
"/var/run/cups/printcap" failed: Permission denied (13)
[E] Error: rsync: symlink "/media/ds_Backups/Back in
Time/backintime/L2/root/1/new_snapshot/backup/etc/X11/X" -> "/usr/bin/Xorg"
failed: Permission denied (13)
[E] Error: rsync: symlink "/media/ds_Backups/Back in
Time/backintime/L2/root/1/new_snapshot/backup/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/all_ALL"
-> "/etc/alternatives/xinput-all_ALL" failed: Permission denied (13)
[E] Error: rsync: symlink "/media/ds_Backups/Back in
Time/backintime/L2/root/1/new_snapshot/backup/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/ja_JP"
-> "/etc/alternatives/xinput-ja_JP" failed: Permission denied (13)
[E] Error: rsync: symlink "/media/ds_Backups/Back in
Time/backintime/L2/root/1/new_snapshot/backup/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/ko_KR"
-> "/etc/alternatives/xinput-ko_KR" failed: Permission denied (13)
[E] Error: rsync: symlink "/media/ds_Backups/Back in
Time/backintime/L2/root/1/new_snapshot/backup/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/lo_TH"
-> "/etc/alternatives/xinput-lo_TH" failed: Permission denied (13)
[E] Error: rsync: symlink "/media/ds_Backups/Back in
Time/backintime/L2/root/1/new_snapshot/backup/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/th_TH"
-> "/etc/alternatives/xinput-th_TH" failed: Permission denied (13)
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Why does this happen?
At least some of the files I can successful read as a user.
I also tried it as root, but get same errors.
I backup:
/boot
/etc
/home

Also i removed the config file and started with anothe rbackup folder, but
get same error.

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CaCO3 (caco3) said : 		#2

Thank you for your quick response!

The files I get an error from, are only readable as root.
So in my understanding, it should work when I start BiT with "kdesudo backintime-kde4" in Ubuntu. But i might be wrong as I just recently switched to Kubuntu.

I was not able to exclude all those files, so I decided to user the option "Continue on errors".